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[SPEC] Is the 1-18-08 site done?
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Melodyman
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 [SPEC] Is the 1-18-08 site done?

Hi all. Just wondering what you all think.. Its the only site that hasnt seen anything new in weeks now. It has 6 pics.. perhaps you can only have 6?
Now that the film has been titled, what was all that about with the 6th pic and the whateveritis he was cooking? Wondering how this will tie in with the rest of the lil tidbits out there.



Edit: Thanks for tagging. Moved it up to the topic line. -SpaceBass

PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:35 pm
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you speak as if the 6th picture was purposeless... but, on the contrary, the translation of that picture provided the critical japanese phrase for seabed's nectar.. which led to the the food review by vernon macdooble which led to the entire tagruato thing - I would say it's one of the more critical pictures on the site.. (along with the getting the last names from the backs of the others)..


as for whether there will be more in the future, i think anyone's guess is as good as anyone else's.. i wouldn't be shocked if they return to that well again though..

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i would say the 6th pic is by far the MOST important picture on that site.

it gave us tagruato which is the centerpiece of this game.

the myspace pages are just character development

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the myspace pages revealed jamieandteddy.com

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casemyo
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jamieandteddy.com is more important to the game than tagruato how?

i dont mean to sound argumentative. but its not even a matter of opinion. tagruato is objectively more important.

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it's all important. even if old sites are not updated they still serve as a reminder. one thing always led to another and sometimes when all leads are exhausted, it is kind of fun to be able to look back and retrace the steps to it's roots and find other clues that may have not been visible before without the current information. if we ignore old aspects we may miss out on the new ones. are focus should always be on the whole.

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casemyo wrote:
jamieandteddy.com is more important to the game than tagruato how?

i dont mean to sound argumentative. but its not even a matter of opinion. tagruato is objectively more important.


You're right. But who said jamieandteddy.com was more important?

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casemyo wrote:
i would say the 6th pic is by far the MOST important picture on that site.

it gave us tagruato which is the centerpiece of this game.

the myspace pages are just character development


followed by

tomathan wrote:
the myspace pages revealed jamieandteddy.com


seemed like he was implying a counterargument there

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Well firstly, in the grand scheme of things nothing has been revealed about the movie through tagruato except speculation. Jamie and Teddy on the other hand, has a paid actress from the movie, which in the end is what this is all about, talking to the audience, since presumably teddy isn't even a real person in our world. So although tagruato has provided more intrigue, it doesn't make it more important, especially with the upcoming unveiling of whatever teddy's present is to jamie. Also, doesn't most speculation about tagruato eventually lead to talk about "the cause", which is only ever mentioned in the jamie videos. So, although my initial intent wasn't to argue, your unnecessary questioning of my comment illicited a response proving how it could be more important.

Thanks.

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Maybe 2 more pictures still to be added?

I've also been wondering if this site has become irrelevant since the release of the new trailer which ties in most of the first 4 pictures. Additionally there seems to be the "official" movie website www.cloverfieldmovie.com. For a while, 1-18-08.com was considered the "official" site, but this no longer seems to be the case.

The last two pictures posted lead to the discovery of Jamieandteddy.com and Tagruato.com, so if there are any more pictures added, I would think they could lead to some new discovery.

I remember some time ago in an older thread someone was looking into the source code after the slash at 1-18-08.com and found www.1-18-08.com/photos_8.swf so it was postulated that a total of 8 photos would be added. I'm not much on the technical side of things, so I haven't a clue if this is accurate or not, but there you go:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20814&highlight=pictures&start=15

(ahhh, you can see a young Chump Force 1 as a lowly "guest" making his first post at UF in this thread Wink )

So if this site will have a max of 8 pics, waiting on the last two and hopefully find two new webistes?

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whats interesting about that link you gave is that, at least on my computer, it doesn't show the 6th picture. So that implies some other file might be responsible for that picture.

Maybe

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tomathan wrote:
whats interesting about that link you gave is that, at least on my computer, it doesn't show the 6th picture. So that implies some other file might be responsible for that picture.

Maybe


I think its because at the time of this thread in mid-August the 6th picture had not been placed on the site so the file/link only contains the first 5 pictures.

Maybe someone can go and check the source codes again for 1-18-08.com and see if there still is a "/photos_8.swf file" or if anything has changed. Sorry, I don't possess the technical know how or I would.

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I hope this one isn't forgotten about. It's my favorite. It's just so epic and simple and it started this all off.

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tomathan wrote:
Well firstly, in the grand scheme of things nothing has been revealed about the movie through tagruato except speculation. Jamie and Teddy on the other hand, has a paid actress from the movie, which in the end is what this is all about, talking to the audience, since presumably teddy isn't even a real person in our world. So although tagruato has provided more intrigue, it doesn't make it more important, especially with the upcoming unveiling of whatever teddy's present is to jamie. Also, doesn't most speculation about tagruato eventually lead to talk about "the cause", which is only ever mentioned in the jamie videos. So, although my initial intent wasn't to argue, your unnecessary questioning of my comment illicited a response proving how it could be more important.

Thanks.


who said jamie was even in the movie? shes in no trailers. not on the imdb cast list (although that list is a piece of crap). there is just as good a case to say she isnt in the movie at all as there is for one saying she is.

and since when does all talk of tagruato lead to talk of the cause? because i thought it was the deep sea drilling, slusho, YMR, and all the other subsidiaries that were the focal points.

and as far as my "unnecessary questioning of your comment"... i dont know where you get that from but just remember that you responded to one of my posts first. cheers Wink

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The IMDB cast list is a pathetically ineffective source. Only well after the trailer came out did they finally give up on 'Odet Jasmin' and correct that entry. This is not the only example of errors, but is the most glaring and blatant.

Jamie is most certainly established as being at the party, but is not seen in the teaser or trailer that we are aware of (barring a casting change). I'd also like to note that no actors are credited in the teaser, and not every face we see in the trailer is necessarily credited. We see '$11 Dollar Guy' but Brian Klugman is not in the credits. It would seem the primary cast is who appears on the credit list in the trailer, so it suggests that if Jamie does appear in the movie that she gets the 'red shirt' treatment.

I find the assertion "unnecessary questioning of my comment" to be truly arrogant and ludicrous. This forum and this viral campaign survive and thrive on speculations, and thus being questioned is a key part of any comment you can make about it. If you are not ready to be questioned in what you put on this forum, you are very out of context. Short of JJ Abrams himself coming here and posting (which would of course being against the ToS) nothing anyone here says is above question. If nothing else, such an assertion violates the idea of "Play Nice".
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